The show and emotions of the Scudetto play-offs continue: tomorrow evening at 20.30, at the E-Work Arena in Busto Arsizio, the Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano visits Eurotek Laica UYBA for Game-2 of the play-off quarter-finals of Serie A1 Tigotà. The Panthers arrive at the second challenge on the strength of Sunday’s 3-1 victory at the Palaverde in Game-1. The butterflies want to win to postpone the verdicts to the eventual “beautiful” of Game-3 scheduled for Saturday at the Palaverde, if instead Conegliano wins directly detaches the pass for the semifinals. Today the Prosecco DOC A.Carraro Imoco will leave for Busto after the afternoon training at the Palaverde, tomorrow morning finishing on the competition field.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: It will be the 47th meeting between the two teams, 35 times the Panthers have had the upper hand. Among the ranks of coach Enrico Barbolini, former players of the challenge will be Alessia Gennari, Nanami Seki and Katja Eckl, while the spiker Valeria Battista played in the youth sector of Imoco Next Gen. On the Conegliano side, captain Asia Wolosz wore the butterfly jersey from 2013 to 2015, while assistant coach Tommaso Barbato was part of the red and white staff from 2014 to 2018.
MEDIA: The match will be streamed live on DAZN VolleyballWorld.tv, by subscription. Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“Tomorrow’s will certainly be a more difficult challenge than the first leg because Busto will play at home, he will do everything to sell his skin dearly and keep the series alive. With the friendly crowd they know that they have to take another step compared to when they faced us at the Palaverde, but on Sunday they put us in difficulty and they have all the credentials to worry anyone. We must not underestimate UYBA and we cannot afford to play as we did in the second set, lowering our guard and proving to be submissive in some fundamentals. These are the play-offs, the risks and unknowns arise everywhere and we cannot afford missteps. We respect Busto not only for the current group, but also for its history: it is a historic club used to playing games at a high level, they have a mix of young and experienced players who are well trained. We want to do everything to close the quarter-final here and prepare for the Champions League.”
NEXT MATCH
The next match already scheduled on the calendar will see Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano challenge Ankara Zeren Spor for the first leg of the CEV Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday 11 March, kick-off at 18 Italian time at the TVF Ziraat Bankkart Volleyball Hall in Ankara.